(2015-11-16, 22:11)fritsch Wrote: Just start here: http://kodi.wiki/view/Chromebox

(2015-11-16, 22:31)generalaccount Wrote: i have been there. I thought maybe i didnt attach the img file correctly. now when i hit esc it lists my usb device. but my tvscreen cuts off the left side of the screen. so i cant see what option to press to select my usb.

if i hit 1. it says booting from hard drive. so its not that

(2015-11-16, 22:48)Matt Devo Wrote:

(2015-11-16, 22:31)generalaccount Wrote: i have been there. I thought maybe i didnt attach the img file correctly. now when i hit esc it lists my usb device. but my tvscreen cuts off the left side of the screen. so i cant see what option to press to select my usb.

if i hit 1. it says booting from hard drive. so its not that

1) the img file isn't attached to anything, it's written (not copied) directly to the USB using Win32DiskImager as per OpenELEC's instructions (assuming you didn't use the script to create the install media).
2) turn off overscan on your TV. google how if it's not obvious.
3) knowing that pressing '1' boots the hard disk, and the USB drive is listed after the hard disk, try pressing '2'

(2015-11-17, 20:55)Soli Wrote: I hope this hasn't been answered lately, I did do a quick search.
Matt: is there any way I can force the fan speed to less rotations on my HP chromebox. The fan is pretty annoying when Kodi is idle. I suspect because I use Artic Zephyr skin with animated backgrounds. (Although it's the same if I'm in the system info windows with only a single picture animating) I see the cpu usage is around 15-80/5-35 when idle, avg. cpu is probably around 40/20 temps are 59/58.

With (stock) Confluence it's 0-40/0-10, but the average is maybe around 15% (although it's all over the place), cpu speed is usually between 800mhz to 1240. Cpu temps are around 49-51 on both cores. With Confluence the fan stays at the lowest speed.

I'm using ubuntu kernel 4.1.x atm. with Kodibuntu. Although the idle cpu usage is just ridiculous, i don't really mind ..except that the fan gets pretty loud. I think I read it stays at the lowest speed until 67c, and stays at medium speed until 58c,so I guess I'm right at the edge:

With arctic zephyr it hovers around 65/66 for a little while before it hit's 67c. I guess I'd be ok with a threshold of 72c and a fallback threshold of 65c. Since the Chromebox feels pretty cool, so again, I wonder if there is any way to up the threshold of when the fan ramps up (and/or change the speeds)?

Actually I just bought an Asus CB to replace my HP (and give away the HP as xmas present for my folks), I hope it's as silent as you say it is, as it is the only reason I bought the Asus with the better cooling I'll probably stay under the thresholds.

(2015-11-17, 21:19)walkerx Wrote: I currently have two issues with ASUS CB and the OpenElec running 15.2 and may downgrade to previous release

1) The fan is full on for about 5 minutes after startup and it's louder than the old xbox fans (can hear it over 10ft away)
2) When go into suspend mode the unit is powering itself off after latest release so can't start from remote

(2015-11-17, 17:31)Matt Devo Wrote: I haven't tested 15.10 for dual boot, but others are reporting ChrUbuntu (on which my Ubuntu dual boot is based) is broken, so not surprised. Given you have a ChromeBook (vs box) I'd recommend you use the chrx script instead as it's much more optimized for the books

(2015-11-17, 23:07)VanillaXtract Wrote: I'll give that a shot next. I've always used your script and it has always worked, so I never looked for more. I installed using your script 15.04 and ubuntu boots just fine now. Terminal still doesn't work though. I've had this issue before and I can't remember how I solved it. The search key doesn't bring up the search menu, etc. Oh well.